Water tank



E. WOOD.

WATER TANK. APPLICATION FILED AUG-31, 1921.

1,422,325; Patented. July 11,1922.

New Mll/E Eva Wood A TTORAIEYS UNETEE STATES arana EVANS W001i, on frUtr'r E, IDAHO.

WATER TANK.

Application filed August 31, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Evans Wool), a citizen of the United States, and resident of Tuttle, in the county of Gooding and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water tanks especially adapted for use on automobiles.

An important object of this invention is to provide a water tank mounted upon the cowl of a motor vehicle and having novel means whereby the water in the cooling system of the engine may be replenished.

Further the improved water tank is provided with simple means whereby a quantity of water may be withdrawn from the tank for any desired purpose.

A further object is to provide a water supply means which is simple to apply, cheap to manufacture and neat in appearance.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a detail sectional View through a motor vehicle equipped with the improved tank.

Figure 2 is a perspective of the tank detached.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention the numeral 5 generally designates the improved tank which is of cylindrical formation and is secured on the cowl 6 of the vehicle by means of attaching-bands 7. The end portions of the attaching bands 7 are extended angularly and are apertured for the reception of bolts 9 extended through the cowl and engaged by nuts 4 so that the bands 7 will be drawn firmly about the tank to hold the same in position. The tank may be supplied with water by means of an inlet pipe 10 having its lower end portion provided with an elbow 11 to which a coupling 12 is connected, the said coupling being extended into one end of the tank.

The intake tube 10 may be provided with a screw cap for the purpose of retaining the water when the car is traveling. This screw Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

Serial No. 497,327.

cap is provided with a vent hole, through which air may pass into tank when water is being drawn from tank to radiator.

As illustrated in iigure 1 a discharge pipe 12 is extended laterally from one end of the tank and is provided with a branch 14 arranged adjacent the drivers seat so that the valve 15 interposed therein may be readily turned on or off by the operator. It will be seen that the branch 14 which is arranged in spaced parallel relation to the tank may be arranged within convenient reach of the operator so that the valve 15 may be readily turned off or on to control the discharge of water from the tank.

A pipe 16 is extended forwardly from the branch 1 1 and inclines downwardly and is connected to one of the water conveyors 18 of the internal combustion engine generally designated by the numeral 19. A forwardly directed pipe 16 is also provided with a valve or cock 20 by means of which the supply of water to the pipe 18 may be controlled.

In the operation of the vehicle, the radiator 20 and motor 9 become highly heated through lack of a proper water supply and by the use of this invention an adequate ply of water to the cooling system of the engine is at all times maintained. WVater may be supplied to the cooling system either while the vehicle is in motion or while the same is standing.

If desired one end of the tank may be provided with a cook 25 by means of which the water contained in the tank may be drained or by means of which a quantity of water may be withdrawn from the tank for any de sired purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is 1. The combination with a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine having a cooling system, said vehicle being provided with a cowl, of a tank secured on said cowl, a pipe extended rearwardly from the tank and having a laterally projecting branch, a valve interposed in said branch and arranged within convenient reach of the vehicle operator, a forwardly directed pipe connected to said branch and having a valve, and means to connect the forward end of the pipe to the cooling system of the engine.

2. The combination with a motor vehicle having an engine provided with a cooling system, of a water containing tanlrcarried by the motor vehicle at a pointabove the plane of the engine, a pipe extending from said tank and having a branch, a valve interposed in said branch and arrangedwithin convenient reach of the vehicle 0perator,- a second pipe extending forwardly from said branch and means whereby to connect the V forward endof the pipe to the cooling system of the engine, whereby water may be 10 supplied to the cooling system from said tank;

EVANS WOOD. 

